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Vidant Bertie certified Stroke Ready
County hospital approved by The Joint Commission
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - It can be a scary
time.
You have an uneven smile,
an arm is weak, speech is
slurred... it’s possible you
are in the midst of a stroke.
What is important next is
quick action. It is vital to call
9-1-1 and head to Vidant Ber
tie Hospital.
Here’s the good news: if
you live in or around Ber
tie County - the hospital
is ready. They’ll call “Code
Stroke” and the entire facility
will prepare for the patient’s
arrival - and they all know
the important next steps.
Vidant Bertie Hospital -
along with their neighbors
Vidant Chowan Hospital in
Edenton and Vidant Roanoke
Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie
- has been certified Acute
Stroke Ready. The Joint Com
mission and the American
Heart Association/American
Stroke Association awarded
the accreditation following a
review of the facility.
“We’ve been working on
this for quite a while,” said
Vidant Bertie and Vidant
See READY, A5
Jail study will
move forward
for 3 counties
WEST BERTIE ELEMENTARY HOLDS CAREER DAY
SARAH HODGES STALLS
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The com
missioners from Ber
tie, Chowan and Mar
tin counties joined the
Bertie-Martin Regional
Jail Board March 28 to
discuss the potential of
pursuing a joint feasi
bility study.
The study would
identify and answer
questions, helping de
termine whether the
three counties come to
gether for a shared jail
facility.
Dempsey Bond, Chair
man of the Bertie-Martin
Regional Jail Board and
Martin County Commis
sioner explained the
aim of the meeting.
“Our goal tonight is
to get more insight into
Chowan County’s cur
rent situation with its
jail and its desire to join
the Bertie-Martin jail
partnership,” he said.
Martin and Chowan
county commissioners
had joined an Inter-
Local agreement, doc-
See JAIL, A5
Drug dharge stems
from traffic stop
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
LEWISTON WOODVILLE-A
traffic stop by agents of
the Down
East Drug
TaskForce
led to a
drug ar
rest here
March 29.
Bertie
County
Sheriff John Holley
said Sgt. Martin Phelps
Dembry
(Bertie County Sher
iff’s Office) and Agent
Chase Oliver (Hertford
County Sheriff’s Office),
both with the Down
East Drug Task Force,
made the traffic stop in
Lewiston Woodville.
“The Sheriff’s Office
and Task Force have
received complaints
about John Dembry Jr.
selling narcotics in the
Lewiston area,” Sheriff
See CHARGE, A3
West Bertie Elementary
School held its Annual Ca
reer Fair on March 20. Stu
dents in pre-kindergarten
through fifth grades visited
an array of booths hosted
by various ■ businesses,
industry representatives,
state agencies, post high
school education oppor
tunities and law enforce
ment. Above: Pre-kinder
garten students even had
questions for Elizabeth City
State University’s repre
sentative. Right: Sgt. Paul
Moore, Crime Prevention
Officer with the Williamston
Police Department, was a
crowd favorite helping the
smallest of students try on
bulletproof vests. .School
officials explained this
longtime event is a student
and staff favorite.
SARAH HODGES STALLS / Bertie Ledger-Advance
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Commissioners split 3-2 on road ordinance vote
SARAH HODGES STALLS
Bertie-Ledger Advance
WINDSOR, - The proposed
Bertie County Road Safety
and Maintenance Ordinance
returned to the table during
Monday’s meeting of the Ber
tie County Commissioners.
Commissioners presented
the ordinance, with revi
sions directly reflecting
public comments from the
March public hearing on the
matter.
To pass during the initial
public hearing, the ordi
nance would have had to
receive a unanimous vote of
support. This did not occur
due to the absence of Chair
man John Trent. Had a vote
occurred with a member ab
sent, it would have not been
valid.
If a unanimous vote was
not recorded, a 100 day pe
riod would have opened for
the commissioners to take
actions and vote again, look
ing for a majority outcome.
Since that vote was not
taken, the 100-day window
did not open until after the
April 1 meeting and vote.
Among the commissioners
in attendance, there was a
well-defined 2-2 split with Er
nestine Bazemore and Tam
my Lee in opposition of the
ordinance as written.
With all commissioners in
attendance, a vote was tak
en and an expected 3-2 out
come was recorded. Voting
in approval were Chairman
John Trent, Vice-Chairman
Greg Atkins and Ronald D.
See VOTE, A5
In this edition
Church & Faith B3
Classified B4
Obituaries A2
Opinion A4
Sports B1
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